yam
→
sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
3 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Gurindji | |
| Lexeme | pikurta | |
| Meaning 1 | yam (Dioscorea) | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) | |
| Reference | World Loanword Database | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Mandarin Chinese | |
| Lexeme | gānshǔ (甘藷) | |
| Meaning 1 | lesser yam (Dioscorea esculenta) | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) | |
| Reference | BKRS | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Mandarin Chinese | |
| Lexeme | hóngsháo (红苕) | |
| Meaning 1 | lesser yam (Dioscorea esculenta) | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) | |
| Reference | BKRS | |
| Comment | ||